Monday, October 26, 2009

T-REX AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY

RACHEL ERIKSON, TAMPA BAY ON DEMAND CH. 340 SUPERSTAR

ON YOUR BRIGHTHOUSE DIGITAL CABLE, AND PRODUCER JENNIFER STEFFEN, OUTSIDE

T-REX, A DINOSAUR THEMED RESTAURANT AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY. IT'S OWNED BY THE SAME FOLKS WHO OWN RAIN FORREST CAFE, AND THE INSIDE IS VERY SIMILAR, EXCEPT THIS RAIN
FORREST, IS 50 MILLION YEARS OLD.

THE FOOD IS WHAT CATEGORIZE AS "UPSCALE BAR FOOD"..WITH THE EMPHASIS
ON CREATIVELY OUTSIZED DRINKS AND APPETIZERS DESIGNED TO BE SHARED WHILE DRINKING.

IT'S ALSO VERY KID FRIENDLY, AS IS MOST EVERYTHING IN THE DISNEY AREA.

THERE IS ALWAYS MOVEMENT, EITHER FROM THE DINOSAURS, LIKE THE RESTAURANTS NAMESAKE
TO THE RIGHT. OR, FROM THE ENERGETIC SMILING STAFF. AN EXAMPLE, BEING ASSISTANT MANAGER
JOELLE, WHO RACHEL AND JENNIFER TURNED INTO A "JOELLE SANDWHICH"















THE TWO LADIES WERE HALF THE TEAM I WAS WITH, WHEN THE BAY NEWS 9 AND SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION
HEADED OVER TO EPCOT FOR THE ANNUAL FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL. I SHOT FOUR RESTAURANTS. JAPAN, FRANCE, ITALY, AND CANADA. YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO OF ALL ON CH. 340, ON DEMAND, WHERE YOU WATCH, WHEN YOU WANT TO. PICTURED BELOW ARE THE 4 OF US, ME,
THE 2 GIRLS, AND THE WORLDS GREATEST FOOD PHOTO-
GRAPHER AND ALL AROUND FUN GUY, C.J.JOHNSON.

T REX EPITOMIZES WHAT MY RADIO SHOW AND WEBSITE ARE ALL ABOUT. FOOD..AND FUN!!!!


HOWL O SCREAM AT BUSCH GARDENS


CREEPY HUH? EVEN IF YOU GO TO HOWL O SCREAM AT BUSCH GARDENS, YOU MAY MISS, BY PURE ACCIDENT, THE WEREWOLF AREA. BY FAR THE SCARIEST ATMOSPHERE. CREEPY SOUNDS, CHAINS DRAGGING, WOLVES HOWLING, GROWLING, SMOKE, LIGHT, AND NUMEROUS WEREWOLVES AS IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH IMAGINATION TO TURN THIS PART OF HOWL O SCREAM INTO A LIVING NIGHTMARE.

ON THE OTHER HAND..THERE'S THE SEXY PART OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT.
BUSCH OFFICIALS TOLD ME DURING AN INTERVIEW ON THE RADIO SHOW, (SATURDAYS 5 TO 7PM ON 820 AM) THAT THE CUSTOMERS HAVE DEMANDED
THAT THE ATTRACTION BE "MORE ADULT" AND, "RACIER". NOTHING SHOWCASES THAT CONCEPT BETTER THAN THE "NAUGHTY NURSES" FROM THE DR. FREAKENSTEIN SHOW.

IT'S A ROCK N ROLL EXTRAVAGANZA, WITH HOT MUSIC, MONSTERS, BE HEADINGS, THE COMEDIC VULGARITIES OF DR. FREAKENSTEIN'S ASSISTANT, YGOR. HOWL O SCREAM RUNS EVERY OCTOBER THROUGH HALLOWEEN AT BUSCH GARDENS. IT'S A SEPARATE TICKET PRICE, VARIOUS DISCOUNTS AREA AVAILABLE, AND YOU'LL FIND THAT INFO THIS YEAR AT WWW.THEHOUSEOFVAYNE.COM. MOST RIDES ARE OPEN, INCLUDING ALL THE MAJOR ROLLER COASTERS.

I RECOMMEND SAVING UP SO YOU CAN BUY V.I.P. PASSES. OTHERWISE, YOU'LL SPEND UP TO 2 HOURS TO WAIT IN LINE FOR EACH HAUNTED HOUSE. THIS PICTURE BELOW IS FROM ONE OF THE ROOMS IN ONE OF THEM. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THE DISEMBODIED HEAD!!!